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I finally heard back from Google Answers. My qualifications don't meet their present needs. They may be right--or they may just not see how good I'd be at this.
But the message goes on to say that I can still post comments on people's inquiries.
No fucking way. If I'm not good enough to get paid for this, I'm not going to do it for free.
When I want to give my time and energy away, there are plenty of projects that aren't paying other people to do the same work that I'd graciously be allowed to volunteer for. LJ support pays in points for egoboo, and Wikipedia doesn't even give that--but everyone gets the same (lack of) pay for the work. That's fair, that's cool; it doesn't mean I'll accept a backhanded slap and put my energy in for free where other people (and google as an organization) are getting paid in dollars.
But the message goes on to say that I can still post comments on people's inquiries.
No fucking way. If I'm not good enough to get paid for this, I'm not going to do it for free.
When I want to give my time and energy away, there are plenty of projects that aren't paying other people to do the same work that I'd graciously be allowed to volunteer for. LJ support pays in points for egoboo, and Wikipedia doesn't even give that--but everyone gets the same (lack of) pay for the work. That's fair, that's cool; it doesn't mean I'll accept a backhanded slap and put my energy in for free where other people (and google as an organization) are getting paid in dollars.